Monday, October 24, 2005

In the midst of the war he offered us peace. . .

To be filed under Irresponsibility, Fiscal: I bought Battlestar Galactica season one today. At Wal-Mart, which is always a little depressing. Not so much for, you know, political or economic reasons (well, maybe for economic reasons), but because I go there and just wander around aimlessly.

I would have bought the Lost set, but it was behind glass, and I wasn't in the mood to ask for it. Wal-Mart's policy on which goods get locked away and which don't seems to always be in flux. At this point I think it's just that they've got glass on some of the shelves but not on others, and there is no reason why something goes in one particular spot. Batman Begins was available in both a middle-of-the-aisle free standing display and behind locked doors.

I was going to rant about that a little, but it turns out I just don't care enough. And 12 Monkeys for under ten bucks? Awesome.

Then I went to Subway and my sandwich cost me $6.66. Hence the line in bold up there.

"and he came like a lover from out of the east / with the face of an angel and the heart of a beast / his intentions were six-sixty-six"
Texas: The Wrap-Up

Leaving NASA early, we faced the long drive back to Fort Worth. We drove through a forest, and past a statue of Sam Houston, and the prison museum, and then I was supposed to provide accurate rush-hour navigation through Dallas. Surprisingly it all worked out. The rest of our time was spent at my cousin's house, for the most part, which was nice enough; I like family gatherings as much as most people, and more than many. But, here is an example: We went to a museum on our penultimate day, prior to dropping off some people at the airport. It was filled with interesting things, but I got to see only a fraction, because I like to take my time at museums and this was, as I said, just a side trip between appointments, as it were. I'd rather schedule around the interesting stuff.

I got to take in all of the pre-columbian exhibit, at least.

I have a hard time getting attached to cities. They're so large they break my ability to think of them as discrete entitites. But it did seem nice to fly into Seattle. I credit the mountains, I suppose, or the climate.

Monday, October 03, 2005

So I guess I should make some comment about Serenity. I saw it. It rocked. It is kind of a downer. It isn't doing particularly well, profitwise. I'd much rather have a nice seven years or so of Firefly. I'll probably go see it again at least twice, with various people.

And now what media events do I have to look forward to? Am I actually going to have to make my own fun? Luckily my TV schedule is still filled with shows for big nerds.